 | Bridge Employment: A Research Handbook Subjects: Behavioral Sciences; Economics Finance Business & Industry; Education; Health and Social Care; Medicine Dentistry Nursing & Allied Health; Politics & International Relations; Development Studies Environment Social Work Urban Studies; Social Sciences; Adult Education and Lifelong Learning; Continuing Professional Development; Post-Compulsory Education; Psychological Science; Economics; Business Management and Accounting; Health & Society; Allied Health; Public Administration & Management; Regulatory Policy; Education; Sociology & Social Policy; Work & Organizational Psychology; Human Resource Management; Organizational Studies; Aging; Occupational Therapy; Public Policy; Organizational Theory & Behavior; Public Management; Education & Training; Post 16 Education; Sociology of Work & Industry; Labour Economics; Social Policy; With the long-term trend toward earlier retirement slowing, and the majority of older workers remaining in employment up to and beyond statutory retirement age, it is increasingly important that we understand how to react to these changes. Bridge employment patterns and activities have changed greatly over the past decade, yet there is little information about the benefits of the various different forms this can take, both for employees and employers. This comparative international collection provides the first comprehensive summary of the literature on bridge employment, bringing together experiences from Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia and Japan. It identifies the opportunities, barriers and gaps in knowledge and practice, whilst offering recommendations on how organisations and individuals can cope with future challenges in aging and work. Written by international experts in the field, each chapter also makes substantive and contextualized suggestions for public policy and organizational decision-makers, providing them with a roadmap to implement and integrate bridge employment into policies and practices designed to prolong working life - a priority for workers, organizations and societies in the coming decades. This unique research handbook will be useful to a wide range of readers with an interest in the new concept of bridge employment and the extension of working life, and of interest to researchers and practitioners in organizational behavior, labor market analysis, human resource management, career development/counselling, occupational health, social economy and public policy administration |
